Ruling machine



March 23 1926.

F. ARNOLD RULING MACHINE Filed June 1. 1925 A TTRNEY Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

UNTTED STATES FRANK ARNOLD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RULING MACHINE.

'Application filed June 1, 1925'. serial No. 34,052.

T all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city y York and State of New-York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ruling Machines, of which the following is a specification. l Y The present invention relates to improve- Yments in paper-ruling machines, and more particularly to the ink fountains thereof.

These ruling machines usually contain a plurality of beams, extending transversely of the ruling machine and.` to which the pens are clamped.' Ordinarily there is provided a transversely extending bar above the plane in which the said beams are disposed, the said bar being located in front of the first beam in the series and carrying a plurality of ink'fountains, from which ink is led tc strips of flannel, placed on the first beam in the series and overlapping the upper parts of the pens. The common method of supplying inl: to the pens on the other beams is r to saturate, by meansof a. brush dipped in ink, strips of flannel placed on the beams and overlapping the upper parts of the pens on the said beams. This is an operation requiring :careful attention since the supply is soon exhausted. Even the automatic supply of ink to the pens on the first beam ir the series is objectionable for the reasoi vthat the pens are disposed close one to another andthe ink fountains on the fountain bar,r owing to their size, are disposed at a greater distance, thereby interfering with the proper feeding of ink to the said pens.

The main object of the present invention is to provide a fountain bar for paper-ruling 40 machines which is disposed lengthwise on the machine, so that each and every -pen beam on the `machine can be supplied automatically with ink.

A further object of the invention is to so arrange .the v'said fountain bar that it is shiftable transversely of the machine frame.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the-fountain bar and the ink fountains that the latter may be conveniently shifted on the said bar to any desired point in relation to the beams of the machine.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient means for clamping the ink leaders to the fountain bar.

Stillanother object of the invention is to of New York, in the county of New provide ink leaders which are conveniently adjustable in length, thereby permitting the necessitating changes in the construction of the latter.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which is simple in construction, elicient in operation, durable in use and capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, or in other words one which is not so diiiicult to make as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such a contrivance.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is betterv understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a top plan view of a portion of a paper-ruling machine provided with the improvements; Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof; and F ig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. l, on a larger scale.

Referring now to the drawings, the numerals l0 indicate the side frames of the ruling machine, the same extending longitudinally thereof and supporting, in the manner well known in the art, a plurality of transverse beams 1l, to eachof which are clamped, in the usual manner, ruling pens l2. With these pens are associated strips 18 of iannel, the said strips overlapping the upper parts of the pens. In front of the rst beam in the series is disposed a horizontally extending bar I4, carried by standards or uprights 15, the latter being att-ached to the side frames l0. In a similar manner is located in rea-r of the last beam of the series a horizontally extending bar 16. On

these two bars is shiftably mounted, a long itudinally extending fountain bar 17. .This last-mentioned bar is adapted to be slnfted transversely on the bars 14 and 16, it being held in the'desired position by a set-screw 18.

The fountain bar 17 is provided with a longitudinal slot 19, extending throughout its length, and into this slot are adapted tobe fitted projections 2O on the inclined bot'- toms 21 of ink fountains 22. Each of these fountainsy is in the formzof a small receptacle, provided with a lip 23 on the open top thereof. The projections 20 fit closely into the slot 19, so that the said ink fountains may be conveniently shifted into any desired position on the fountain barand heldin such position withoutthe aid of special fastening means. VVitheach ink fountain is adapted to co-operate a leader support 24,.in the form of an open tubular body, provided A with a clamp 25that is adapted to rest on the upper face .of the fountain bar4 17 and co-operates with a spring clamp 26, which is adapted to bear against the underface of the said fountain bar (Fig. 3). The springs 26`are attached in any suitable manner to the respective leader supports 24. On each support is mounted an .ink leader 27 including a tubular body 28, provided with a longitudinal slot 29. This slot extends alongthe top of the tubular body 28, so that the flow of ink may be viewed as the feeding proceeds toward the pen beams. Intoisome of the tubularv bodies 28 is telescoped aV tubular body 30, also provided with a longitudinal slot 31. The several leaders of the machine convey thel ink from. the fountains to the several strips13, which are associated with the ruling pens. As appears from Figs. 2

and 3 of the drawings, these leaders are'inf clined, they sloping toward the strips 13. Ink is conducted from the fountains 22 to therespective ink leaders by absorbent material, for instance worsted cords 82, the said Worsted cords being immersed in the liquid in the fountains and extended o-ver the respective lips 23'into the respect-ive leaders.

In use, the ink fountains are shifted on the fountain bar to the desired positions and leaders associated therewith, each of a length to extend to the strip 13 to which ink is to be fed. TheV rate of feed depends on the length of worsted cords extending below the ink level.

Asappears from Fig. 1 of the drawings, with each of the pen beams may be associated any desired number of ink fountains, and the ink fountains associated with any pen beam may contain either inks of the same color or of different colors, as the nature ofthe work requires.

The feeding of the ink is entirely automat-ic, and, no matter how close the pens are disposed one to another, they may be supplied-continuously with ink of the same color or of different colors after the fountains and leaders have once been set up in the proper manner.

It is to be noted that the fountain bar is shiftable transversely of the machine frame and can thus be worked either from the near side or the far side of the machine, whatever position may be more convenient for the operator. Attention is also called to the fact that the invention herein described ma be readily attached to already existing r ingV machines, without necessitating changes inthe construction'of the latter. It is kte be noted that the transverse bar 14 above described is the fountain bar in thev machinesheretofore in use, andthe fountain bar 18 ofthe present construction is attached to the bar 14. v

Attention is also calledto the fact th any one of the ink fountains may be used to feed inkto more than one strip 13'eitl1'er on the same beam or on different beams.- In other words, one single fountain may be used to feed ink ofthe same color to one of the pen beams at more than one point or to a plurality of beams.

What I claim is 1. A paper-ruling machine including a pen beam, a fountain bar disposed above said beam and extending at right anglesto the longitudinal axis of said beam, an ink fountain shiftably carried by said fountain bar, a support associated With said ink fountain, a tubular body fitted into said su port inclined toward and leading to said am, and a fibrous element dipped into the iuid in said fountain and extending into said tu-l bular body.

2. In a paper-ruling machine according to claim 1, said tubular body being composed of a plurality of telescoping sections.

3. In a paper-ruling machine according to claim 1, said support including clamps for fixing the same to said'fountain bar.

4. A paper-ruling machine according'to claim'l, comprising a frame on which Said fountain bar is shiftable in the direction of the longitudinal axis of said pen beam, and

ieans for fixing said fountain bar onsaid frame in any adjusted position.

5. A paper-ruling vmachine including. a pen beam, a fountain bar disposed above said beam and extending at right angles to the longitudinal axis of said beam, said fountain bar being provided with a longitudinal slot, an ink fountain with a projection fitted into said slot, a support associated Withsaid ink fountain, a tubular body fitted into said support inclined toward and leading tosaid beam, and a fibrous element dipped into the fluid in said fountain and extending into said tubular body.

6. A paper-ruling machine including a plurality of parallel pen beams, a fountain bar disposed above said beams and extendj ing at right angles to the longitudinal axes into the Huid in each ink fountain and eX- of said bea-ins, a- ]oluralty of ink fountains tending into the respective tubular body. shiftably carried by seid fountain bail', a Signed at New York, in the county of 10 support associated with each ink fountain, a New York and State of New York, this 25th tubular body tted into each support inday of May, A. D. 1925.

@lined toward and leading, at Wi11,to any one of said beams, and e bious element dipped FRANK ARNOLD. 

